Originally posted by Dasher
ALL THE GUY DID WAS POINT OUT THAT RAPES HAPPEN IN THE WEST and that his country is not alone in it's problems. further, that some people ALLOW it
to happen to themselves... simply for their own selfish gain.
What? No, he did not.
As Duzey [:clap:] has posted above, his comments were in regards to a woman
who went public about having been gang-raped on the orders of a
village council in 2002.
Over time she gained not only public sympathy but also governmnet support for her efforts to have the rapists tried and convicted.
Musharraf initially blocked her from to travelling to the U.S. in an attempt to gain publicity for her story/cause. He claimed she had been swayed by
organizations whose intent was to harm Pakistan's global/public image.
Musharraf's comments that Pakistan should not be singled out,
when the curse is everywhere in the world."
, seem a rather convenient
and dismissive deflection made in hindsight to steer focus away from his rather hideous and callous remark. I think that's what is referred to as CYA
.? A rather poor attempt, in my opinion.
As for
further, that some people ALLOW it to happen to themselves... simply for their own selfish gain
While there may be those who
would feign "rape" in an attempt at financial gain, such is Definitely not the case in the situation his comment was addressing.
WOW. How and where you came to those conclusions is beyond me.
$ .02
[edit on 7/15/2006 by 12m8keall2c]
